Tobacco-pipe



(No Model.)

H. HUNT & H. HUNT, Jr. TOBACCO PIPE.

No. 573,662. Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HUNT AND HENRY HUNT, J R, OF YVILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,662, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed August .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY HUNT and HENRY HUNT, Jr., of Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to pipes for smoking-tobacco and the like, and has for its objects to provide a novel, simple, and convenient device of the indicated character which will be very cheap to manufacture, be more durable and easier cleaned than pipes of ordinary construction, be devoid of screw-cut connections, and that will afford a receptacle for moisture and a smoke-passage that become open channels when the stem is removed from the bowl of the pipe and thus adapt the device for easy and thorough cleaning.

The invention essentially consists in providing a pi pe-bowl with a short integral stem, a solid tapering tongue projected from said stem, a tapering tubular mouthpiece elongated to incase the tongue-piece, the latter having two longitudinal grooves oppositely formed in it, the upper groove afiordin g a smoke-passage which intersects a conical short passage formed in the integral stem, the other groove being a receptacle for moisture below the smoke-passage, and a ferrule that is secured upon the mouthpiece at the end which is adjacent to the short integral stem of the pipe-bowl, affording means to frictionally connect the stem and mouthpiece in an air-tight manner.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an exterior side view of the improved tobacco-pipe. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pipe having the improvements. Fig.3isalongitudinalsectional view of the mouthpiece for the pipe detached from the bowl, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

The pipe-bowl 10 is formed of wood or other Serial No. 602,764. (No model.)

suitable material, and from its lower portion there is a short stem 11, laterally projected, the stem and bowl being preferably made integral, and said stem slightly tapers to give it a coniform shape on the exterior. From the stem 11 a tongue-piece 12, of less diameter, integrally projects, which piece is afforded a suitable length for efiective service and rendered coniform. The tongue-piece 12 is slightly flattened on the upper side, thus producing a shoulder a, from which extends the longitudinal smoke-passage 5 through the stem 11 into the lower end of the cavity in the bowl 10, and said passage is preferably tapered from the outer end inwardly, which will facilitate the cleansing of this short conduit. There are two opposite grooves c d longitudinally formed in the tongue-piece 12, the upper groove 0 intersecting the larger end of the smoke-passage Z). Preferably the longitudinal groove d, that like the groove 0 extends from the smaller tapered end f of the tongue-piece 12, is located below and diametrically opposite said groove 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The mouthpiece 13,which in effect provides a stem proper for the pipe, is in the form of a tapering shell,-made of wood or other available material, and terminates at the smaller end in a bead to adapt it for a mouthpiece that may be readily held with the teeth of the smoker.

Such a relative diameter is given to the tapered bore of the mouthpiece 13 as will adapt it to receive and closely embrace the tonguepiece 12 when these parts are assembled.

On the end portion of the mouthpiece 13 that is nearest the short stem 11 a tapered ferrule 14: is affixed by small nails 6 or other means, a sufficient portion of said ferrule projecting from the mouthpiece to engage with the tapered body of the stem 11, whereon this part of the ferrule is closely fitted.

It will be seen that when the ferrule 14 is pressed upon the stem 11 if the latter is clean an air-tight joint will be produced between these engaged parts, and it is essential for the efficient operation of the pipe that the Wall of the bore of the mouthpiece 13 be in close contact with the body of the tongue-piece 12 when the ferrule 11 contacts in a like manner with the stem 11.

The parts of the pipe being assembled, it is evident that the groove 0 and passage Z) together form a smoke-passage from the bowl of the pipe to the tip f, and that the groove d will be adapted to receive and hold moisture as it gradually accumulates during the act of smoking the pipe.

It will be seen that to clean the stem of the pipe it is only necessary to slightly pull on the piece 13, which will remove said part and thus expose the grooves 0 cl, which may be washed or simply wiped clean; and as the short smokepassage 1) is of a form that enables its easy cleaning the renovation of the improved pipe is a matter of easy accomplishment.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1atent 1. Atobacco-pipe,comprisingthebowlhaving an integral lateral stem perforated longitudinally to intersect the cavity of said bowl, a tongue-piece extending from said stem and having two opposite longitudinal grooves, one of said grooves alining with the aforesaid perforation, and a mouthpiece incasing said tongue-piece and provided with a ferrule by which it is attached to said stem, the grooves being thereby converted into a smoke-passage and a moisture-chamber, substantially as described.

2. A tobacco-pipe, comprising a bowl, a short integral stem laterally projecting from the bowl, and longitudinally perforated to intersect the cavity therein, a tapered tonguepiece extending from the stem and having less diameter than said stem at the point of junction therewith, the tongue-piece having two opposite grooved passages longitudinal therein, one groove aliningwith the perforation of the stem, a cylindric tapered mouthpiece incasing the tongue-piece, and converting the grooved formations respectivelyinto a smokepassage and a moisture-chamber, and a tapered ferrule fast on the end of the mouthpiece and fitted upon the tapered body of the short stem, substantially as described.

HENRY HUNT. HENRY HUNT, J R. it-messes:

W. A. ONEILL, P. A. ONEILL. 

